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Man With 107 Citi Bank Credit Cards Arrested At Lagos Airport

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A 36-year old Nigerian, with two different International passports, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, with 107 <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">Citi Bank</span> credit cards, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said in a statement today.<o:p></o:p></div>
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NDLEA said it arrested Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde with the automated teller machine cards, 68 <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">Citi</span> Interswitch Master cards and 39 Citi Interswitch Visa cards, concealed inside a luggage during the outward <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">screening</span> of Turkish Airline passengers to Istanbul, Turkey. He had a Nigerian passport with the name Funsho Oladimeji Babatunde and a Turkish passport with the name Kosar Kursat both bearing his photographs.</div>
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When he was asked how he came about the credit cards, Funsho said; ‘My friend in Turkey called me that I should help in sending the cards to him in Istanbul, Turkey. When I collected the cards in Lagos, I kept them in my bag but during search, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">the officer</span> saw the cards and took me for interrogation. I am an OND graduate of Economics at the Kwara Polytechnic’.</div>
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He will be transferred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation but preliminary investigation suggests the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 153, 0) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">financial instruments</span> might be used for fraudulent purposes since he is not an authorised agent.</div>
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Man With 107 Citi Bank Credit Cards Arrested At Lagos Airport

A 36-year old Nigerian, with two different International passports, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in ...

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Highness Redefined: NDLEA Discovers 600-Acre Hemp Farm In Ekiti

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<span style="background-color: white;">Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State.</span><br />
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 to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, Commandant of the 
NDLEA in Ekiti, Mr Dele Akingbade said the hemp farm was the largest 
individually-owned hemp farm in Ekiti.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">According
 to him, the cost of the hemp farm was too huge to be determined 
immediately. He described the discovery of the farm as one of the 
`biggest feats’ of the agency in the state.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Akingbade
 said the agency made the discovery on a vast expanse of land on July 
24, following a tip-off by concerned members of the public.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The NDLEA chief said that four suspects in the matter, all men, were arrested while working on the farm.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">He
 said that the suspects, who confessed to being labourers, disclosed 
that the owner of the farm paid them N1,000 per day as wage.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Akingbade
 said that the agency had been making efforts to arrest the owner of the
 farm through a 24-hour surveillance mounted by men of the agency.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">He said that the suspects, who were still in the agency’s custody, would be prosecuted soon.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The
 commandant said that the size of the farm has drawn international 
attention, as officials of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime from Vienna 
had visited the farm.</span></div>
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Highness Redefined: NDLEA Discovers 600-Acre Hemp Farm In Ekiti

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local G...

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Xclusive: Doctors Save Cocaine Smuggler’s Life At Lagos Airport

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Officials
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suspects inserted four wraps of cocaine, weighing 210 grammes, in his 
anus while another ingested 67 wraps, also of cocaine, weighing 1.085kg.</div>
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NDLEA
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suspects, Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel, 28, apprehended during the 
screening on a Qatar Airline flight going to Pakistan,could not expel 
one wrap of cocaine.</div>
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“While
 Akwaeze Anthony successfully expelled all 67 wraps of cocaine he 
ingested without assistance, the case of Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel, who
 inserted four wraps of cocaine in his anus, was different,” he said</div>
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“He was unable to expel one of the wraps until medical doctors came to his rescue.</div>
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<br />“We were disturbed because his life was in danger.”</div>
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Preliminary
 investigation revealed that Onedigbo Chibueze Emmanuel is an 
unrepentant drug trafficker who was recently deported from Thailand 
after serving a three-year jail term over drug related offences.</div>
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According
 to Onedigbo who hails from Okija in Anambra State: “It is true that I 
was deported in February 2013 after serving three years jail term in 
Thailand.</div>
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“I went back into drug smuggling because there was nothing for me to sustain myself.</div>
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“My desire was to get some <a href="http://www.talkofnaija.com/news/314136_doctors-save-cocaine-smuggler-s-life-at-lagos-airport#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">money</a>
 from the drug deal and establish a business that can help me prepare 
for my future. “I feel so sad that it turned out this way.”</div>
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In his confessional statement, Akwaeze Anthony Obinna said that he was enticed by an offer of N1 million.</div>
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He said: “I am a trader at Ahiaohuru Market, Aba where I sell textiles.</div>
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“My business has suffered huge losses and I wanted to use the N1 million they promised to pay me in strengthening my business.</div>
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“I
 never thought of arrest because my mind was focussed on how to revive 
my business. It is hardship that led me into drug trafficking.I am from a
 poor family.</div>
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“Things are bad that I had to abandon my Guidance and Counselling studies at 200 level at Abia State University.”</div>
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The
 suspect who hails from Umunya, Anambra State, said he is a 2001 
graduate of Giant Steps International Secondary School, Ogbor Hill, Aba 
in Abia State.</div>
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The Chairman/Chief Exercutive of the NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade, described the suspects’ action as sad.</div>
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“It is very sad that a drug convict is involved in drug trafficking few months after his release and deportation.</div>
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“This
 shows that he is not remorsefu “I urge members of the public to resist 
any temptation to smuggle drugs. You do not need to be involved in crime
 to be successful.</div>
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“It will tarnish your good name and lead to frustration.”</div>
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The suspects will soon be charged to court.</div>
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Xclusive: Doctors Save Cocaine Smuggler’s Life At Lagos Airport

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said that one of the suspects inserted four wraps of cocaine, weighing 210 gramme...

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